Dream in Red Mansions
Episode review
Xifeng Helps to Manage Affairs at the Ning Mansion
S1E6 · 王熙凤协理宁国府
Vocabulary
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| 误 誤 | mistake; error; to miss; to harm; to delay; to neglect; mistakenly | |
| 虽 雖 | although; even though | |
| 犬 犬 | dog; Kangxi radical 94 | |
| 查看 查看 | to look over; to examine; to check up; to ferret out | |
| 罢了 罷了 | a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much) | |
| 一时 一時 | a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time | |
| 趟 䠀 | classifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip | |
| 偏 偏 | to lean; to slant; oblique; prejudiced; to deviate from average; to stray from the intended line; stubbornly; contrary to expectations | |
| 界 界 | (bound form) boundary; border; (bound form) realm | |
| 蒙 濛 | drizzle; mist | |
| 族 族 | race; nationality; ethnicity; clan; by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族) | |
| 嗨 嗨 | oh alas; hey!; hi! (loanword); a high (natural or drug-induced) (loanword) | |
| 料 料 | material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess | |
| 托 託 | prop; support (for weight); rest (e.g. arm rest); thanks to; to hold in one's hand; to support in one's palm; to give; to base; to commit; to set; torr (unit of pressure) | |
| 公 公 | public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 位; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal) | |
| 赚 賺 | to earn; to make a profit | |
| 算是 算是 | considered to be; at last | |
| 犯 犯 | to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad) | |
| 镇 鎮 | to press down; to calm; to subdue; to suppress; to guard; garrison; small town; to cool or chill (food or drinks) | |
| 命 命 | life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc | |
| 若 若 | to seem; like; as; if | |
| 尽 儘 | to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to | |
| 权 權 | authority; power; right; (literary) to weigh; expedient; temporary | |
| 原 原 | former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source | |
| 清 清 | (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts) | |
| 作 作 | worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) | |
| 如 如 | as; as if; such as | |
| 啦 啦 | (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat | |
| 于 于 | (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by | |
| 与 與 | and; to give; together with | |
| 愁眉不展 愁眉不展 | with a worried frown | Idiom |
| 青红皂白 青紅皂白 | the rights and wrongs of a matter (idiom) | Idiom |
| 乱糟糟 亂糟糟 | chaotic; topsy turvy; a complete mess | Xiehouyu |
| 迟了 遲了 | late | Xiehouyu |
| 能者多劳 能者多勞 | (idiom) it's the most capable people who do the most work (intended as consolation for the overworked, or flattery when making a request etc) | Xiehouyu |
| 为难 為難 | to feel embarrassed or awkward; to make things difficult (for someone); to find things difficult (to do or manage) | Xiehouyu |
| 姑子 姑子 | husband's sister; (coll.) Buddhist nun | Colloquialism |
| 小舅子 小舅子 | (coll.) wife's younger brother | Colloquialism |
| 收拾 收拾 | to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb | Colloquialism |
| 老爷 老爺 | master, sir | |
| 珠 珠 | precious stone, gem, jewel, pearl | |
| 轿 轎 | sedan-chair, palanquin | |
| 诰 誥 | inform, notify, admonish, order | |
| 琏 璉 | vessel used to hold grain offerings | |
| 殁 歿 | die; death; dead | |
| 蓉 蓉 | hibiscus; Chengdu, Sichuan | |
| 丧 喪 | mourning; mourn; funeral | |
| 侯 侯 | marquis, lord; target in archery | |
| 府上 府上 | (courteous) home; residence (not one's own) | |
| 卯 卯 | 4th earthly branch; rabbit |